Sir Joseph Banks
Publisher: The Harvill Press
Published: April 6, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780002173506
Subjects: Biography: general; Botany & plant sciences; Banks, Joseph; Explorers
First sentence: JOSEPH BANKS was born in London on 15 February 1743, and even before he possessed a Christian name the world learnt a good deal about him from the list of births in The Gentleman's Magazine: Feb 2 The Lady of Isaac Hill, Esq; deliver'd of a Son.